Axe & Fiddle’s 20th Anniversary Bash Featuring Walker T Ryan, Brian QTN and Mood Area 52 – FREE
Cheers to 20 years as we celebrate Axe & Fiddle with family, friends, staff, supporters, diggety dogs, cool cats and farm animals. Those who have kept it together, bringing live music to stage, local community, heartfelt food and exceptional hand crafted cocktails to our hometown here in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Show up and be part of our milestone. As a gift to you it’s free for all ages…all weekend! (21+ after 8pm)
- 6pm Walker T Ryan
- 8pm Brian Cutean/QTN
- 9pm Mood Area 52
Walker T Ryan 6pm
Genre: Blues/Folk/Americana
Bio: Emerging from the 1960s New York Greenwich Village folk scene, Waker T Ryan has the soul of an Irish storyteller with a bluesman’s musical vocabulary. As an accomplished vocalist/ instrumentalist, Walker is known for his finger picking slide playing guitar skills and his deep connection to his craft. His personal journey and original song writing talent resonates powerfully through his music. “It’s not just about singing songs, Music is an agent for social change.” As a Delta Bluesman and lover of old Rock and Roll and country music, Walker blends musical traditions never failing to acknowledge and honor African roots of the blues and pay mind to the immigrants, poor whites, crazies and characters of all colors that make music what it is today.Performed with: Leon Russell, Steppelwolf,John Fahey, Hot Tuna, Taj Mahal, Dave Van Ronk, John Sebastian, Blind Boys of Alabama, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, John Hartford, David Lindley, David Bromberg, Tab Benoit, Dave Mason, Maria Muldaur, and Ray Wiley Hubbard.
Press Quotes
“Walker T Ryan is a blues Icon in Eugene.” Ken Kesey
“He’s played thousands of gigs for all kinds of people, in places most of us only read about, and he’s entertained them all. Just him and his guitar.” Ken Babbs-
Author/Prankster.
“No &^%$” John Kay of Steppenwolf as the audience cheers Walker’s
Performance.
“If you don’t know this man and his music by now, you must not be a fan of Blues. Walker T Ryan has been laying down quality classics and Delta Blues since your momma was a child, and his slide guitar playing is some of the finest in the land.” Eugene Weekly
https://eugeneweekly.com/2025/09/18/how-a-pete-seeger-clone-found-the-blues/
Links to Music:
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/walker-t-ryan/17451047
Reverb: https://www.reverbnation.com/walkertryan
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3hkx6gIqgjWJbdLt5jejro
You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMvw_2O2PaDisEqumD5ywoQ
All Music: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/walker-t-ryan-mn0000445365
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WalkerTRyan
Brian Cutean/QTN 8pm
Genre:Songpoet
Bio: Brian Cutean/QTN, Oregon songpoet and wordsmith musician, writes songs with offbeat and touching lyrical observations on the socialography of the human condition. He has performed with spirit and whimsy all over these United States for many years.
Brian QTN (born Brian Cutean) is an Oregon-based singer-songwriter, acoustic guitarist, and word-smith known for his offbeat folk style, storytelling, and long-standing presence in the Pacific Northwest music scene
Mood Area 52 9pm
Genre: Americana
Bio:Mood Area 52 plays Americana influenced by latin, world, and instrumental art music. Mood Area 52 started in 1998 as a Piazzola inspired neo-tango and silent film score ensemble. Since then the group has morphed into an ensemble defined more by instrumentation and mood than genre.
Website: http://www.rocketboyarts.com/mood_area_52/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rocketboyarts